reconcile
verb (used with object)
to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired.
was reconciling
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past progressiveof reconcile.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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And it was reconciling those two things within this one character that I think made her the most human.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
Scientists have had a love affair with Tennyson, known as “the poet of science”, since 19th century naturalist William North Rice was reconciling his love of geology with his Methodist faith.
From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2024
But part of the challenge was reconciling the woman with the legend.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2019
By the time Glenn learned of the heat shield problem during his third orbit, he was reconciling himself to the likelihood that he would have to calculate his own angle of re-entry.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2016
As for Sophia she was reconciling herself with bitter philosophy to the eccentricities of fate.
From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold
